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Idaho residents are more likely than those of neighboring states to use at least some banking services, but residents of the state still use alternative services such as check cashing and payday loans, according to a recent survey by the ...

October 12, 2018Comments Off on First Interstate buys Idaho Independent, Community 1st banks

Continuing its plan to dominate the Northwest, First Interstate BancSystem has acquired not one but two Idaho banks, in addition to the two it had previously acquired. The Billings, Montana-based company announced Oct. 11 that it had acquired Idaho Independent ...

New bank branches are popping up all over Idaho, with three banks opening locations outside the Treasure Valley. Citizens Community Bank is opening a new branch in Chubbuck, scheduled to be complete in mid-2019. “The location on Quinn Road had ...

While a change in banking law is expected to spawn more mergers and acquisitions, they aren’t likely to be more prevalent in Idaho – at least, because of that. Congress passed S.2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection ...

September 11, 2018Comments Off on Forgot your ATM card? Use your phone

Idahoans will now have more opportunities to use ATMs with their smartphones rather than a card, as JPMorgan Chase joins Wells Fargo in offering the service in the state. Chase began offering the service quietly in May, after piloting it ...

Idaho banks continue to do well, according to statistics from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) for the most recent quarter, which ended June 30. Total assets grew to $6.3 billion, an increase of 2 percent over the previous quarter, ...

The House of Representatives on May 22 passed S.2155, a bill intended to roll back some of the regulations of the Dodd-Frank law for smaller banks, by a bipartisan vote of 258 to 159. The bill was sponsored by Idaho ...

As the 2018 legislative session came to a close, Idaho business people said they were pretty happy with the results. “In my nine years here, this was the best legislative session in terms of our agenda and its efficiency,” said ...